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We must lend our support to all of those who want to live in accordance with European standards and democratic value in whatever region of our continent
Poland urges EU to admit Ukraine May 17, 2005
Iran with a nuclear weapon would be a very destabilizing force in the world
Watercooler Stories Feb 09, 2005
Iran with a nuclear weapon would be a very destabilizing force in the world
U.S., Europe speak as one on Iran Feb 09, 2005
That we were deceived on weapons of mass destruction (in Iraq) is true. They led us by the nose
Poland 'led by the nose' on WMDs Mar 18, 2004
If the position is what is in the treaty, without the chance for compromise, we cannot say yes
Poland threatens EU constitution veto Dec 11, 2003
Aleksander Kwaśniewski (Polish pronunciation: ( listen); born November 15, 1954) is a Polish politician who served as the President of Poland from 1995 to 2005. He was born in Białogard, and during communist rule he was active in the Socialist Union of Polish Students and was the Minister for Sport in the communist government in the 1980s. After the fall of communism he became a leader of the left-wing Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland, successor to the former ruling Polish United Workers Party, and a co-founder of the Democratic Left Alliance.
Kwaśniewski was democratically elected president in 1995, defeating the incumbent, Lech Wałęsa. He was re-elected to a second and final term as president in 2000 in a decisive first-round victory. His term ended on December 23, 2005, when he handed over power to his elected successor, conservative Lech Kaczyński.
In 1979 he married lawyer Jolanta Kwaśniewska (née Konty). Together they have one daughter, Aleksandra Kwaśniewska, who was born in 1981.